4-6th grade teachers

I just got a job on LI which will require me to work with 4-6th grade teachers to help design enriched lesson plans and units to help differentiate units for all the kids in their classes. My degree is in Gifted ed. My supervisor also asked me to come up with some enrichment units for 4th and 5th grades based on the core curriculum on the NYSEd website. (mainly SS and science).

Do you have anything that you used this year with your kids that worked really well or the kids loved?

Also, just for my own knowledge, any great read alouds or anything curriculum related that you could share with me would be immensely helpful.

I'm more familiar with the younger grades and want to use this summer to prepare as much as possible and go in in September strong.

Thanks so much!!!

~Jennifer